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  3. August 2021

Re: Is there such a thing as a Twinax controller for an E4A?

"It depends." :-)

Yes there was, BUT you couldn't put a FC #2844 or FC #2746 in the system unit. Because these are PCI-x cards they must go into an 0595 or a 5796 expansion unit. Now you may not recall that those things were the 'blue cables' (HSL) and were supported on the E4A *ONLY* with IBM i 7.1. Once you upgraded to i 7.2 those drawers simply vanished!

So effectively the answer is 'No' but historically it was possible.

P.S. if you want a funny story, ask Jim Buck what happens when you upgrade to i 7.2 on an E4A with HSL attached disk. ;-)

- L

On 8/5/2021 11:54 AM, James H. H. Lampert via MIDRANGE-L wrote:
The question was just raised this morning, of whether it would be possible to retrofit our E4A with a Twinax controller.

Is there such a thing?

We haven't been a Client Access shop since the days when it was called PC Support, and while we have a CA installation that can connect with the console and virtual front panel, it's problematic at best.

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JHHL


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